rolmops

Thank you Ray, From your mouth to God's ears...

The prices of X4 Fish Hawks are coming down. I just bought one for $549 online from a guy in Illinois Seeing the serial #1953 made me realize how few of them are out there. It is good to know that there is some competition on the market. There are more gadgets on my boat now than I ever thought I would own.Now if it would only help me to catch some fish......

Somehow I do not think that you would have picked that up if you had ever seen napalm or phosphor rounds in action.

Most of my fishing has been either leadcore in the finger lakes,or Deep Sea out of Gloucester. For the leadcore my preference is the Daiwa 57 LC which easily takes 18 colors, but for anything bigger than lake trout there is at least in my mind the Penn 330 GTI levelwind and for the copper and stainless The Penn Senators 112 and 113. A meat pole really should have nothing less than a Senator.

That is exactly how I catch them in front of the college in the Eastern arm of the Y. Gander Mountain also sells the 200 yard spools.

I often use live shad in the 4 to 6 inch range in the Finger Lakes.I buy them at the "Beverage Baron" in Penn Yan. The way I rig them is very simple.I set a small single hook through the lower and upper jaw. This one tows the bait.The second hook (a treble)goes right behind the tail fin.It does not penetrate the bait fish,instead it is held in place by a rubber band that holds the line.The band is placed just ahead of the tail fin. Now the hooks are placed so the fish will get hooked in the same way it gets hooked by a lure and there is no hook swallowing like you would have with hooks that are buried in meat or cut bait.

Before you do any cutting,you should check very carefully whether there any nuts bolts or staples that hold the sides in place (probably under the cover carpeting). I think that you should be able to take this thing apart without having to cut it up.

Not exactly on top. Here is a website which very precisely describes how to attach the kicker bracket to the transom. In my case as in yours the #10 picture shows very clearly what it looks like. The website will show you step by step how to install the bracket for your kicker. http://www.garelick.com/files/12.185.pdf Getting inside those walls is simple.you should be able to get to them from inside the boat from the side of the tank.If you have plastic fuel tanks,just pull them over to the side. Hope this helps.

This steelhead stuff is very good news. Thanks.

My 1984 Sylvan has a very similar transom. The way I solved the problem was by using a Garelick transom bracket installed on the higher left side.(The left side because the remote cables of the kicker come out the kicker's right side).The kicker ended up about 12 inches away from the transom when lowered.I had to use a long shaft because the movement of the waves will often lift the lower unit out of the waves.With a long shaft that problem is solved. Steering should be done using an EZ steering bracket The result of my kicker experiment is that I now have what is probably the only long shaft remote controlled 1964 9.5 horse Evinrude on this side of the Mississippi.

Don't forget the Champagne bottle when you name your boat. May she bring you fish,happiness and joy.

Bruce is right. To read about it is nice but going out with with a guy like Bruce, will teach you a great deal more. I went out on his charter and I had a blast.

Fishing Report Your Name / Boat Name: ============== TRIP OVERVIEW ============== Date(s):4/4 Time on Water:08.00-11.30 Weather/Temp:nice,high sixties Wind Speed/Direction:very light winds Waves: less than a foot Surface Temp:40/41 Location:Ship Builders LAT/LONG (GPS Cords): =============== FISHING RESULTS =============== Total Hits: 5 Total Boated:3 Species Breakdown:browns Hot Lure: rapala 9/orange dream weaver super slim Trolling Speed: 1.8 Down Speed: Boat Depth: 12/35 feet Lure Depth: ==================== SUMMARY & FURTHER DETAILS It was a very nice day to try out my new home built planer boards and tower. the fish were stacked around the creek outlet between 12 and 20 feet. So all I did was experiment with the new boards.This time using lead core. The first hit came at 25 feet outside of the bay outlet on a dreamweaver .It taught me that six pound test leader is not strong enough for what is out there.The second hit was in the same area on the other line within a minute of the first one with the same result. I feel bad about fish with lures hanging out of their mouth because of my poor decisions. Out at ship builders I had changed everything over to 17 pound test and, after going back and forth, three decent but by no means big browns were caught and released. All in all a very pleasant morning in T shirt weather on the lake. It seems that the water level is about 2 feet lower than it was last year at this time. ====================

This new law has nothing to do with drunken summer boaters. It is in our own interest because it enables us to survive in very cold water for better than 2 hours,while without a PFD your chances of surviving in very cold water for better than 15 minutes are slim. It may sound strange,but this law is good for you.

I have never had a problem launching on the south end. The launch is steeper than the state launch on the north end,but the water is always full of weed and ,unless you stay in the channel, quite shallow.

The New York State Assembly has rejected the proposal to close the New York State parks. It seems that we will have all of our launches open this year.

Just today I read in the paper (DnC) that NY state senators came up with a plan to open all the parks anyway. In election years they want your vote,not your wrath.

West Marine has the 2 and 3 way valves that you are looking for.They cost about $20. The problem with hooking up to the water separator is the absence of a check valve. There should be a good working one on the quick connectors,but they often are less than reliable. I tried with the separator hookup and got a lot of trouble.Once you have that 2 or 3 way valve in your setup you just turn a handle and you have prevented any air from sneaking into your fuel system. Make sure that your kicker uses the same fuel as your main engine.

If the Force was a mid eighties,shortly after Chrysler sold out to Bayliner, it would be a toss up between 2 equally good engines.Anything 1990 and up with the name force on it is best compared to trying to give your boat cancer. The only time that I would choose Force over Johnson,would be when the Johnson is a 1999 Ficht which is even worse than a 1996 Force.

I am not sure that this "dipsy rod" would count as a fishing rod.It has no hooks attached to the line and as such you are not fishing with this rod. I do think that 2 lines that close together could cause a lot of knots and aggravation.

Thank you, rolmops